Lead DevOps Engineer

OVERVIEW:

At Sportradar we’ve experienced a brilliant period of sustained growth through a highly focused strategy based upon industry-leading product innovation. To continue on this trajectory, we’re looking for an addition to a group of highly experienced engineers in a DevOps solution and technology team. Working closely with engineering teams to foster a strong culture of collaboration, system development lifecycles, and infrastructure as code practices. Develop and support high-quality digital solutions, with a focus on building operational awareness, supporting configuration management, and ensuring quality. Become integral to a team of software developers, test analysts, and product owners as part of the DevOps Practice.

Sportradar is a truly digital organisation with a very broad array of B2B applications and services. As we embark on a very exciting technical transformation with a focus on cloud migration and microservice architectures, it is a great time to join our team!

THE CHALLENGE:

As a Lead DevOps engineer, you’ll be an integral part of the success of the DevOps practice, providing technical mentorship, mastery in the DevOps toolchain and servant leadership to drive the success of our enablement strategy. This role requires exceptional leadership and management skills with a proven ability to drive successful DevOps outcomes. You will work closely with your designated departments, building relationships with key stakeholders and managing the flow of work such that our software delivery lifecycle is healthy and our squads and software engineers are able to self serve and concentrate on building business value.

There are several key challenge areas:

• Team Collaboration and Leadership: Leading a team of DevOps engineers spread across various locations and time zones offers a unique opportunity to foster collaboration and synergy through effective communication. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, your role will be to support and develop each team member, helping to cultivate a practice team that values trust, respect, and ongoing learning. Additionally, attracting and hiring top talent in the highly competitive technology landscape is crucial.
• Business Section Collaboration: The success of our DevOps practice hinges on the ability of our Lead Engineers to collaborate effectively with each assigned department, providing essential support to technical owners to ensure optimal DevOps results.
• Driving Business and Technology Objectives: As a DevOps lead, you will play an important role in aligning technology initiatives with the overall business strategy. This requires a deep understanding of business objectives and the ability to prioritize technology initiatives within each unit that drive business value for the whole company.
• Encouraging Continuous Improvement: Instilling a mindset of continuous improvement within our DevOps practice is crucial for staying ahead of evolving industry trends and maintaining a competitive edge. Your challenge will be to promote a culture of experimentation, feedback, and continuous learning throughout the organization.
• Technology Mastery: Making informed decisions about technology adoption, selecting suitable vendors, and evaluating third-party tools will be essential in enhancing the organization's technological capabilities. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will need to stay updated with industry trends and actively assess potential technologies that are likely to align best with the organization's needs.

YOUR PROFILE:

• A proven track record of leading geographically distributed DevOps teams, with an ability to empower and support engineers while helping to foster a collaborative and innovative culture.
• Extensive experience and expertise in DevOps tooling and practices, demonstrated through successful design, implementation, and improvement of software delivery lifecycles for diverse products and services.
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes container orchestration and administration, enabling you to effectively deploy and manage applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Proficiency in serverless technologies, such as AWS Lambda or AWS Fargate, with a proven track record of designing and implementing serverless architectures. Your expertise in serverless computing will enable efficient and scalable solutions, reducing operational overhead and enhancing application performance.
• Substantial expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience, allowing you to make informed decisions and optimize cloud-based solutions.
• Extensive experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies and tools, such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. Your proficiency in IaC will be instrumental in automating the provisioning and management of infrastructure, ensuring consistency, reproducibility, and scalability across complex environments.
• Proven experience in GNU/Linux OS administration, with a track record of managing production-grade services on Linux servers for minimum 10 years.
• A background in application development, technical architecture, or application support within an agile and continuous delivery environment.
• Strong expertise in observability practices, including the implementation of monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions. Your deep understanding of tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana), and distributed tracing systems will enable comprehensive insights into system performance, application behaviour, and potential issues, allowing for proactive and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong expertise in designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience, driving efficiency and quality throughout the software delivery process.
• Advanced scripting skills in languages like Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, or others, empowering you to automate processes and achieve reproducible results.
• A deep understanding of version control systems, particularly Git or GitLab, and how they contribute to efficient collaboration and version management in large-scale projects.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, allowing you to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels, drive cross-functional collaboration, and present complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proven capability in implementing and fostering agile practices across DevOps teams. Your expertise in agile methodologies will drive iterative and incremental improvements, facilitating rapid and adaptive responses to changing requirements.
• A collaborative, team-oriented mindset, with the ability to inspire and motivate individuals and foster a positive work environment.

OUR OFFER:

• Working within a well-established team of experienced DevOps engineers.
• Work with Kubernetes, microservice architectures, cloud providers, and other modern and exciting technologies.
• Become part of one of the fastest-growing businesses in the digital sports environment and help us scale our operations.
• Be part of a highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic team with people from more than 20 nationalities in our office.
• Collaborate with supporting colleagues from all over the world.
• Exciting job field with the opportunity for personal development.
• Education and training - Sportradar eAcademy.
• Hybrid work model and flexible working hours.
• New office with several benefits.

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences